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While Eminem is a fairly accomplished producer, he prefers rapping so he lets DJ Khalil, who’s a member of “The New Royales,” handle the beat here. Em has worked with Khalil extensively ever since Recovery.

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The song represents protagonist Billy Hope’s (Jake Gyllenhaal) struggle after his wife’s death and loss of his daughter to child services. Billy “The Great” Hope then embarks on a mission alongside trainer Titus “Tick” Wills (Forest Whitaker) to reclaim his boxing titles and win back his daughter. The film’s narrative was inspired by Eminem’s struggle throughout his early career. Eminem was originally in the title role, but after putting the film on hold in 2012 to focus on his music, Jake Gyllenhaal joined on.

Screenwriter Kurt Sutter said:

I love that the title refers to Marshall being a lefty, which is to boxing what a white rapper is to hip hop; dangerous, unwanted, and completely unorthodox.

EM BREAK DOWN
“STOMP YOU IN A VERSE” He is saying-No one can beat me in songs, i am the Rap God, i am a genius with words and ill beat or stomp or muder anyone in songs..

“OBSTACLES IM DRAWN TO EM"
Most people are drawn to negative situations, car accidents are the easiest way to explain..Also most people remember negative situations over positive ones thats just psychology,…

“WhEN THE GOING GOT ROUGH SOME OF WHAT I DONE FOUGHT THROUGH WAS THE WORST…LIL SISSY"
When it gets hard in life, all the things that we go through is the worst..But i fought through them, i didnt give up..Although you would of quit cuz your a "lil sissy” I am a fighter, i dont give up

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Though my feet are on the ground, my mind is in the sky. Such a thrill, this ecstasy, and you’re the reason why.

While Stephanie describes her love, Eminem channels his past drug abuse and takes it on face value, relating it to literal ecstasy pills. It’s regular to mix pills with orange juice, a breakfast drink, because the Vitamin C potentiates the MDMA high making it last longer. Stephanie has never been known for doing drugs, but that’s not going to stop Em for finding a reason to poke fun at her.

Note the epic tongue twister using the sibilance Em begins his verse with.

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This was the first thread about Em being verified. It was made one hour after the addition of his profile photo and took off, because some people weren’t sure if this was legit or just an early April’s fool while others continued to post facebook memes of Eminem:

In the end the account proved to be Em himself by starting to tate and posting about it via Facebook and Twitter, attracting lots of new users and marking a big step in RG’s history.